15 minutes agoThe dangerous life of journalists this year 47 were killed
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(9 years ago)Kidnapped, tortured, killed: Violence against journalists has increased worldwide. But only one in ten crimes is cleared up. The biggest enemies of journalists are often the states where journalists work. 530 journalists killed between 2012 and 2016, recall DW today. He published that figure U n NSECO in a report [...]
530 journalists killed between 2012 and 2016, recall DW today. He published that figure U n NSECO in a preliminary report to “Report World Trend in Freedom of Expression and Media Development”. On the basis of the “borderless reporter”, 47 other journalists were added in 2017. Compared to previous decades there is an apparent increase, “Life as a journalist is becoming more dangerous”, confirms Christian Mihr, executive director of “Borderless Reporters”. And only one of ten crimes is cleared up. To draw attention to this serious state in 2013 The UN declared “on the international day against the failure to prevent crimes against journalists”.
Particularly endangered are citizens working as journalists, so-called citizen journalists who spread information on social media both on Facebook and on Twitter. They report from regions and countries that no longer dare go to classical journalists. In a 2014 UN resolution, the role and need for protection of citizen journalists is first accepted. But despite numerous resolutions, which should ensure the protection of those informed, the number of murders is high.
Human Rights? Not so important.
The cause for this is the phenomenon of decay in many countries. “in Afghanistan, in Syria or Somalia actually have the power of organisations that do not feel connected to approved human rights agreements”, Mihr says.
But breaking up states is not the biggest problem, Mihr says. In many cases countries themselves are not interested in explaining a crime. “Gasers often report on things that do not please certain members of government or administration”. To find such behavior, you don't have to go far enough, just go all the way to Malta. Mihr suspects there is an honest state interest in investigating the murder of journalist Daphne Carwana Gallizia.
Kidnapping, Arresting, and Torture
Not only the number of journalists killed is on the rise, so is the number of violent acts. arbitrary arrests, kidnappings and torture are just some of the crimes the UN counts. And that adds violence to digital space through promotion campaigns and attacks on the websites of unpopular journalists. Many are closely followed by digital wiretapping. What sounds harmless ends not rarely in real violence. In half of all cases in which Reporters without borders provide emergency assistance, people are in an emergency situation, so they're arrested or tortured, because they've previously been digitally bugged”, Mihr says.
Therefore, Reporters Without Borders seek a special UN post, according to the example of Special Court for Children and Armed Conflicts, which he appointed in 1997 The UN. This Special Charger could do independent research and document cases of violence against journalists so that these cases can be prosecuted, Mihr says. This idea has many supporters, the German Bundestag is the first parliament in the world to have sought this year's Special Charger.
